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Post-European Council Meeting: Statements (31 Mar 2021)

Richard O'Donoghue: I am just a mere mortal when it comes to European law and the ongoing European Council meetings. Clearly, there are not enough mortals from Ireland going to these meetings. I had to read through the minutes of the meeting we are discussing and nowhere did I see any mention of the horrors that hauliers and firms in Ireland are going through in order to get their goods delivered. Ireland is...

Post-European Council Meeting: Statements (31 Mar 2021)

Richard O'Donoghue: We have seen from the minutes of the Council meeting, from which I quoted, that Ireland has lost its voice in Europe. Do our MEPs need a Lemsip or lozenges to get their voice back? The minutes referred to every other member state but Ireland was not mentioned. What has gone wrong? On the issue of vaccines, we have seen what is happening in regard to the contracts with AstraZeneca. I...

Post-European Council Meeting: Statements (31 Mar 2021)

Richard O'Donoghue: On a point of order, I said I would take advice from my doctor in the context of having an underlying condition. Again, the Minister of State goes to the gutter and cannot give answers to the questions raised. If he were as good at answering questions as he is at-----

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (1 Apr 2021)

Richard O'Donoghue: It is ironic that Fine Gael has raised this issue today. It was under the previous Government and the current Government that broadband was not rolled out in the first place. Listening to the Fine Gael Deputies, the doors are open now and things are all wrong. It was under their regime that broadband was not rolled out properly in the first place. Rural areas have suffered under the...

Prime Time Investigates Programme on Department of Health: Statements (1 Apr 2021)

Richard O'Donoghue: My remarks are not directed at the Minister of State, Deputy Rabbitte, because I know she is a good person. However, there comes a time that there has to be accountability for the actions of people within the Department of Health. This issue affects the most vulnerable people in society. I refer to the money being spent on legal challenges and investigations in respect of people who are...

Project Ireland 2040: Motion [Private Members] (1 Apr 2021)

Richard O'Donoghue: I move: “That Dáil Éireann: notes that: — Project Ireland 2040, comprising the National Development Plan (NDP) and the National Planning Framework (NPF) are not underpinned by any democratic mandate or vote, by either House of the Oireachtas, as originally promised by the previous Government; — in excess of 560 submissions were made to the recent review of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Update on the Programme for Government: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (20 Apr 2021)

Richard O'Donoghue: I will speak first. I will start with the matter of directly elected mayors. There was a democratic vote in Limerick and I will accept that. Was I in favour of it? The answer is "No". At the time we had a perfectly good CEO who brought Limerick from being in a very poor state to being extremely viable. That individual was working well but has now left. We have another CEO in place now...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Update on the Programme for Government: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (20 Apr 2021)

Richard O'Donoghue: I am sorry for cutting across the Minister of State, but raw sewage is being pumped from Oola into the rivers, into the River Feale in Drumcollogher and from Askeaton and Glin into the Shannon Estuary. Do not give me that, please.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Update on the Programme for Government: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (20 Apr 2021)

Richard O'Donoghue: I am sorry Chair, but other Deputies were allowed to finish their points and they were allowed to go two minutes over. He can surely give me 30 seconds to finish my point, as he has done for everyone else. The Minister of State has come in here, and we are pumping raw sewage into the Shannon Estuary and all the other waterways around. People who are building in rural areas are not doing...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 16 - Valuation Office (Revised)
Vote 23 - Property Registration Authority (Revised)
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Revised) (20 Apr 2021)

Richard O'Donoghue: There is a shortage of houses because, due to the pandemic, houses were not being built. An issue in Limerick at the moment concerns people relocating to Limerick from other counties, which is causing a massive problem with price increases for three- and four-bed houses. It is up to €50,000 to €75,000 in some areas, including Castleconnell. How do we combat that in a time of...

Mental Health Surge Capacity: Motion [Private Members] (21 Apr 2021)

Richard O'Donoghue: A new research report on suicide has said that the mental health of young people has been disproportionately affected during the Covid pandemic. Factors such as loneliness, jobs and income losses, bereavement and the impact of Covid affected people's mental health. There has been a complete lack of resourcing of mental health services, which will affect generations for years to come. It...

Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage (21 Apr 2021)

Richard O'Donoghue: It is like everything else here. They are putting the cart before the horse.

Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage (21 Apr 2021)

Richard O'Donoghue: It is absolutely disgraceful that he could not even do that.

Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage (Resumed) (21 Apr 2021)

Richard O'Donoghue: In the Minister's own words, it is time for rural Ireland to have an input into climate action changes. It is time the Government had representatives of rural living, which is 37%, at Cabinet. It is time the people knew the truth about what the Minister wants to achieve, which he said on national television in October 2019, that 30 cars are adequate for 3,000 families who live in towns,...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Applications (21 Apr 2021)

Richard O'Donoghue: 892. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of passport applications that were made through the Irish Embassy in Tokyo, Japan in each of the years of 2018 to 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular form. [20711/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Staff (21 Apr 2021)

Richard O'Donoghue: 1352. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of each two point reduction in the academic staff-to-student ratio for universities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20715/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Transport Provision (21 Apr 2021)

Richard O'Donoghue: 1497. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the current age of each boat in the Garda water unit; when each boat within the unit will be next scheduled to be replaced; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20712/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Assisted Human Reproduction (21 Apr 2021)

Richard O'Donoghue: 2016. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the recommendations made by a person (details supplied) to update the Assisted Human Reproduction Bill and amendments to the Children and Family Relationships Act 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19582/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Abortion Services (21 Apr 2021)

Richard O'Donoghue: 2015. To ask the Minister for Health his views on protests of a distressing nature outside the Maternity Hospital, Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19581/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (21 Apr 2021)

Richard O'Donoghue: 2405. To ask the Minister for Health the number of full-time radiographers working in University Hospital Limerick in each of the past five years, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20713/21]